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Statesville, N. C, Friday June 24, 1859.
No. 29.
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Goodbye.
M1XXIE MOXSj.
GoodbvI
1 ltrarJ it i.iit in a clad, lianpv h jur.'
And littl- tinWidit we thai a tl.'Ud might l.-vrer;
A transient shadow p;ih3U, nut joy wai luvrc,,
At wcb' for eacb MpbHl a future Ciir. ;
Time sped we miit uiru u :
Jefb, witirrjng d. ath. had rudely laid h'm hand
Upon that fKtlifi'i brow. A jnyous bad
IV'm qHii:klyfeift, -id frit. the crushing blight,
While the freed spirit sought a region bright.
1 j
O'Knlbjte!
I hoard it oil -janjid ft, brilliant throng. j
Spirit wcrH'atV'i linked by friendship str.mg,
A whili; .'(! jhwiftly jkismI in I.'ariiiiJK!' liulN.,
liut iiuw mm Dart mill h's-d ttt rimn- Liii.
e r ""mi- Cir w.iy :
Another May will cum with rii iie.it
Anil o'r mrtli slu-tj it love and h-aut
Koine of that iminlr 'ueath a mound jimv
And tloWfis ullxjiro their sweet vigils kjeep
I 'rliiRS fair,
laic.
goblets of the bewildered guests, and
received their curses with a cordial
smile. . -
One by one the soldiers shrunk in
utter intoxication into benumbed slum
ber, or staggered to their quarters
elsewhere and left Col. Rahl to be en
tertained by the lovely Miss Wilmot.
So deep was he in his cups, that he
grew so careless of consequences that
he unfolded all his future to the fair
girl, and all the rules marked out for
the coming campaign, and even the
plan of their next day's march, t6 sur
prise Washington and the rebel trpops.
Charlotte's dark eye gleamed while she
listened to the avowal of the.4nebria
ted Colonel, which was mingled with
0 much startling truth. And when,
in a drunken lethargy, he bowqd his J
head upon his arm, sno maae gooti ner
retreat from the apartment, and with
out stopping to unfold the daring at
tempt she was soon to make, she flew
to the stable, clasped the bridle about
the neck of a young colt, which but j
once before had ever fe!tthe weight i
of a human burden and wrapping her
simple mantle about her head, sprang
to its back and dashed off across the
fields in the direction of the Delaware
Kiom the jspiiit or 7c. : river, upon wnosq opposite snores uen.
The Herein? of Trenton A Tale of the Wasliington was encamped with the
. j iievoiuuon. j American army. Ihe night was e,x-
! r,y M. W011TIILY BI-OX. :! cessively cold, and to add to her dis-
. Durirjg tliat memorable j'perrod in comfort the snow began to fall in
vhich tljie venerable handfjil, armed thickening masses, and" obscuring the
with the piuioply of a fixed purpose, pathway of the heroic girl; still -with
and overshadowed by the siiiile of ap- the noble incentive of aiding the pat-
i . . ' i r..... i. c !: l : c- .i.l 1
proving, nepwn, mo.;u iiiej; to taee iiui cause, aim saving iruni ine s uiu
oi tlie oppressor the brave hearts that
were enrolled with Washington, she
on many a blood- stretched forward despite the cold that
a hero s thickened about her. r
t brother, At length the roaring of the swol-
while not 1111- len Delaware broke on her ear, as it
CuurihV'
Still that lovtjd t"iie?alN forth-a wniirjy 'gh,
r lifelen niw iHii ouco npiiikiuff tyt
J"it like a Itnt uote from im.? lirokeu
It'Chc the (trooping heart and tlienis mute.
tweet Tt'qril, to morlul.4 given : j
'TIh oothinf;jmu.sic to the strii-kon oil,
lliougn path diverge wo all bulioM oa
Miiiaowit hint Buimhine make up lite,
pat. j
And live In bopo of ljappine at Hst.
May bth
..goal.
thou leave the
Piscellnneous.
the new blemishes left there by the
act of that Christmas eve, or seek to
recall for your ears the loud huzza
"when that red field was won," for it
is a household hymn throughout our
great republic. And only those who
have been kindled into hope again
when its last sad spark seemed tram
pled out, can anticipate the renewing
of a new life throughout the despairing-soldiery
of '76, jfrom the Shckin
nale of victory that settled above Tren
ton that eventful day.
Charlotte Wilmot the " Christmas
Lottie " of the soldiers, had become the
"bright particular star" that beamed!
along their difficult' pathway, and the
sentinel of the Delaware camip allowed
her to lead his heart away, or as the
brother officers expressed it,, "allowed
her to put it on with his cloak, and he
had been shivering ever since."
One conflict opened the gateway for
another, and amid the wounded and
the dying at Monmouth" we see the he
roine binding the bruised and receiv
ing tbv hist sad sigh of the dying.
Col. Mercer, by whose side Christ
mas LvUie had -ridden, and under
a whole barrel, and after a fewVeeks,
people began to observe that his nose
grew.redder and his eyes more moist.
The idea that Brother Crump was
'drinking too much,' diffuse! itself in
the neighborhood, untH, as one might
say, it became epidemical. People
talked "and talked more especially
'what few of other denominations of
Christian there were thereabout.'
Brother Noel was 'sore troubled' at
the scandal, and more especially re
gretted the injury it brought to society
at Sharon. So one morning he stepped
over to Brother Crump's and found the
old man in a doze in the little porch.
'Wont vou take dram ?' asked
Brother Crump, as soon as he was made
aware of the presoce-of his neighbor.
'Why, yes ; I'm not agin a dram
when a body wants it, '
Brother Crump got his bottle, and.i l
the friends took a dram apiece. are.
'Don't you think, Brother Noel,' Mother !
loving friend, by an impatient word
or hasty act, that it may soon be too.
late to ask their forgiveness.
The bitterness of grief is robbed of
half its sting, if there come to the
memory no time when we ruthlessly
planted a thorn in the heart that now
lies pulseless in the grave.
Home again 1 but it is only for a
little time, and on again into the bat
tle of life. One look at the old home-
and Jack proceeded wrathfnlly iajftuest
of another apartment. ! j ,j
A sense of insulted dignity, affd tle
firm conviction thathevfas atiit'm
the 'right cause,' strengthen) his
pride, and he resolved to holdout un
til he forced his wife to capitulation.
In the morning she net Wifts if
nothing had happened ; bu whenever
Jack ventured to return to thenlpture
oi tne nisnt previous,! mere was a
said Crump, 'that sperits is a blessin V
l es, replied oel, 'sperits is a bless
in' that some of us abuses.'
'Well, now, brother Noel, who do
you think abuses the blessin?'
stead and the family group clustered 'laughing devil' in her eye, which be-
there, and -we are away, liut it has spoke her power and extinguish hope,
been a bright spot in love's drama ; A second time he repaired to Jiisone
we may never see another like it, but ly couch, and a second ti mo he called
the memory of this short visit to the upon his pride to support him in the
old place, will cling like ivy to the struggle, which he now found wa& get
breast for coming years. ting . desperate. , lie vcluturetl curses
Some one has said : " Mother, Home 'loud but not long,' on ihe wayward-
and Heaven are the most beautiful ness and caprice of the Sex in geVu'ral;
words in the English language.'" We and at his own wife in particut'ir
j believe them, be aye, we know they wondering how much longer. 6he,firauld
ndla out- whether she teultereaMS a-
there is no heart in the cutely as he did, and tried hard Un de-
y 7; i ,m itli the 'chivalry of a disciplined and
; uarlikejiKitjon, and the portals of 177-
whose gall.a-nt protection she had esca-j 'Well, it is hard to say but people
talk don t you think that you drink
a little too much, Brother Crump?'
'It is hard to say,' returned Crump.
'Sometimes I've thought I was a drink
in' too much, and then agin I'd think
steadfast to her purpose of soothing maybe. not. What is man? A weak
and ministering, she bandaged his j ivorrum of the dust ! So I left it to "the
wound with her own mantle, and held Lord to say whether I was a goin' too
his head upon her breast when his freed j far in sperits. I put the whole sponsi
ped many of the rigors attendant up
on one so delicate in so mclemant a
season, was struck by a missile of
death, which sent his leaping blood o-
ver her own stain-iess garments, yet
I were svjun back up
J?; stained! hillside,' am
i .1)
tve, uroniei
; and lather
1
tood
1IKMI 1
airain;
atramst
frequeiitlv ;i'rom amid the sacred ire- went tumbling its broken iceandfoam-
cinctrt of h(r fireside. circle, Kvhich had ! in-g tide along. Still she urged her
'I l.'cen maintained only with a libation ; steed to the brink, and, waiting but a
of heartVlilood, gentle wonjan braved 1 moment to arrange her drapery, she
the' storm (of conflict -and herself re- ! drew up her reins and urged her horse
eeived the. bortal wounds to. shield the ; into the tide.
.hearts of those she loved. j The footing was uncertain, and the
In the vicinity of the limpid Dela- steed that bore ' her time and again
'ware,, at this period, stood) the home-! stumbled beneath her weight; yet an
suid ot JCjoger llmot, an pasy coun
trv izentlejitan,;with ci.uit a numerous
of sons, every one of- whom a
v lite piccei)ts of tteir father
ii'Ii i ! l 1 i it.
ami looKett lor aavaneeruent irom xne
family
bided
Arm that, "stills the rairinff of the
seas" and "tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb," seemed to be her espe
cial guardian in that eventful scene.
And here was another difficulty when
crowned despot of the mother country. : she had forded thestream, so wild with
Col. VN 1.1 hot, howe- enthusiasm had she been, that sue nau
one ot the never doubted the possibility oi laiid
the times, ing, arid she found the banks so steep
nu despite the t(jryism of fier liouse-;ani so slippery with the new tan oi
hold, maintained at heart the rebel s ! snow, that it seemed truitless to urge
clandestine opportiinity pre-j the bridle to her steed, she aiiowea
e and peHhim to-pursue his own course, ami ere
and flash- long she stood terra firma; and tho'
r vi
. J lie
a w, w
ii o-t t
coissort of
t!hc d
as
dauiriiter oi
latifotie veterans of
fait
ever
sentcd
of the
iii2-ev
eintee
ltsi'H: JJut the
famiily was a
eti aa neuter, nisi en
grace; u
nth spring, tcnder-hiearted, af
dnd
ede
but the true
(tic mother, tlesps
kvhocver dared
.
m of her native 1
en ;
tes
etive strile cnmaed tliecon
fou either sn-c,
(sons threw their meed of as-
mto a bar
the Eugli
!ied the b
the bicehli
ged her
the jTtb
leetionate
the patnoi
ever
the fr
Wl
. ft der;
.and tlivir
siVtanee in that of the B
turned thi sacred refuse of
erin-x
her
dau''nicr
of
ing Avhat-
c-pmvoniise
nd.
1th
CtL Wilmot
i'tish,, and
fheir home
Hrarmv, and noG only oon- r -
l-autiful maiden tj wait upon , the weary might bathe themselves in
but
and
nal.ian corps,
land in
i officers. It wad
ma rnairq
eve of 177G, anl in "tlie spa
ing room of Col. Wilmot,
pallid with cold, reined the dripping
charger towards the camp fire, which
burned like a dim star in the distance.
The space was soon overpassed that
separated the heroine from the heroes,
and Charlotte Wilmot bounded into
the camp; with her black curls flying
in the wind and her white robe float
ing across the Joins of her exhausted
horse. One sentinel kept guard around
the slumbering patriots, for it was
rack for thevoluituaries of imidnight, and the panoply of "unfor
- . ... tl A i. ' ' 1 . . 1 U . 1 .... 1 J 4" I
Iv olli- I tunate war" ha'd been laid aside, that
even pica- i
ic ruan
ciou-j e
Co!. Rahl
a hallf score of his .subordinates
tte.ro making merry over, jncir me,
and tellitsg hfories ot adventure,- both
in love aijid war. ' Wilmot and his eld
est son salt at the board while ever and
anbnJ as if afraid his guests would ccn-
dsman was somewhat star-
Clirist'nvis ' Jled at tlie beautiful and dashing phan
! i. t i nil "1
Univ.! torn, nut when she called him asme
.1 a , ....
and whispered the glowing and all-im
nortant tidinrxs she had extorted by
stratacrcm. his surnrise erew into ao
miration, and placing her beside a
fire, and even bestowing his military
cloak to protect her shoulders from
the wintry wind, he hastened to arouse
General Washington, and detail to him
spirit ascended to the "God of .bat
tles," and to the Patriot's reward, and
then folding him in his war-cloak and
"taking one precious lock from his brow
to send to his young wife, she baptiz
ed the patriot with her tears, and obey
ed tho call of duty to the death scene
of another.
Among the enemies slain, the beau
tiful maiden recognized the pallid brow
of her sire, and above it she hung with
the depation and regret that none save
a daughter cotild bestow. And when
the order to "inarch" was given, it
was, at her own request, and under an
escort of her own selection, that the
"author of hei being" was placed on
a bier, and borne over the hills to the
homestead of her childhood. ;
The sentinel, actuated by the noble
spirit of the young heroine, emulated
all others in bravery andintrepidity,
and believed himself rewarded for the
hardest day's contest, when on the
green,; at nightfall " when the patriot
soldiers called forth the villade maid
ens to join in the dance, he was allow
ed to claim "Christmas Lottie" for
his partner.
Not long after Mr-s Vilmot dotted
the military 'cloak and retired to her
home on the Delaware, and from that
retirement watched with eagerness the
progress of the contest, and in many
ii -i i'-.. i, -if
ways aided and administered to itsiur-
thcrance.
With an inward satisfaction at her
own shrewdness, and a quiet pleasure
mingled with some sprightly merri
ment, over the former avowal of Col.
Rahl, especially when the downfall of
his undertaking rendered the footing
of the British hirelings unsafe and ru
inous. At length the campaign drew near
er to its close, and the hero of many
a hard fought battle, appointed to an
bility on him; I orayed ef I was drink
in' too much, for him to take away my
appetite for sperits.'
Here Brother Noel groaned very
piously, and asked:
'What, then, Brother Crump?'
'And,' replied Crump, 'I've prayed
that prayer three times, and he hain't
done it. So I'm clear of the 'sponsi
bility, any way.' ,
'The Lord's will- be done I' ejacula
ted Noel, and after taking another
dram, he went home, thinking all the
way how cleverly Brother Crump ljad
cleared the responsibility.
" k-
"Sweet Home."
liV ELSIE ELLWOOD.
" Home again," after the years of
wandering ! How it thrills my heart."
Epistle from a friend.
foreign shore." Home again after years
of absence, toil and travel. Home a
gain to the old roof tree. Ten years
since I have stood beneath its shelter
in" dome! Ten years has the moss
i been creeping slowly o'er its old roof.
Ten years older are the poplars, guard
ing like sentinels, the old mansion.
Ah ! one, my favorite one, the tallest,
into whose topmost, branches -I climb
ed on my birth-dav, prouder ot my ex
ploit tharrwhen, in after years I stood
on the highest peak of the Alps, that
one has naught but brown, leafless
trunk remaining
The lightning's stroke has shivered
it. And has the time stroke left un
scathed those friends, the companions
of my childhood, who sported with me
'neath the shade of the old poplars ?
Ten years has the lilac tree by the gate
given its sweet scented spires to the
breezes of Ma v. Ten years ha3 the
land, that ever knew a mother s love, lude himself into the belief th: she
that does not bound at the mention of loved him too much to prolong tc es-
the word. A criminal was condemned trangement, and would Come to $nn m
to die; the morrow's sun would shine j the morning perhaps thatvcrotSight,
upon a form quivering between heaven and sue for reconciliation. Burthen
and earth, to satisfy his country's came the recollection of Ithat inftfxibJe
laws. A man of God entered his cell, countenance, of that unhendiniv Vill,
hoping to touch his obstinate heart, and of that laughing, unpityingjye
the good man spoke of his mother. and he felt convinced that he tvagj hop-
A pearly tear swelled up the story .eye ing against hope, and despairit .. he
of the condemned, at the mention ot turned to tne wall tor oDUvion tne
that name. wretchedness of his own thought . The
"My mother." he said, his voice second, day was a repetition' of t'firet;
trembling, "my , mother I O, that jao allusion was made to i the f6r4dden
she should hear of my end. It will subject on either side, j There f as a
break her heart I was her pride, her look of quiet happiness j and elijferful
only one, and how have ! repaid that ness about the wife that puzzleffJack
love to-morrow's sun will tell, I care sorely,, and he felt that all idea offorc
not for the gibes of the populace, I ing her into a surrendermust b ban
care not for what the rabble will say, doned. A third night lie -waffilone
but 1 do care that my poor old mother wnnnis tnougnts. xiis renectionawere
should hear that her son ended his more serious and compissibned than
days on the scaffold," and the hard, the night previous. What thejgwere,
sternman bowed his head and wept, was known only to himself, but - they
He had stood unmoved among the ga- seemed to result in something dfded,
pin s crowds of the court room ; he for, about midnight, thre distir&lraps
1 9, . - i i- i l.; !j
could Dear the disgrace oi apUDiic ex- were maue i uia wne a iuour. w a-u-
ecution, but that his mother should swer, and the signal was repeated in a
iear of all this, was more than he could louder tone, witn violent attacKgrom
endure. " That word crushed the cold, the outside. VV ho s there i cned the
stern nature bowing it in tenderness; voice of his wife, as ifj just ayeused
And thus it often is ; many a youth from a deep sleep. It ? me, mfldear,
Alessandria. J .-. , v
This pla ce, the rendesvoual of . the
Sanlinbn army, ither the King has
gone ta take command, is proDably
destined to play an important part in
the present far. : jit is a fortified City
near the eastern frontier of riedmont,
whose -'guns . bristle towards the Aus
trian territory! It stands in tie midst
of a steriie plaint It is tb;e gfeat
stronghold of Piedmont, and U o the "
Sardinians what Gibralter. is to the
English, or"Sevastopol was toHthe Rus-
ih-Italy its formidable fortilficatioivs
made i t one of the strongest places In;
Europe, but these were subsequently
demolished leaving only the citadeL
Witliin the; past ftw years orkltaen
have been busy in reconstructing them,
in anticipation of events now at hand.1
In ihe surrounding plain- ttjo miles
distant, is Napoleon's celebrated bat
tle field of Marengo. Alessa)ndri is
garrisoned with several thousand sol
diers, and being connected wil h Turin
and Genoa by railway, any number
can be centered tliere. To ci pture it
would be a crowning glory to the Au
strian Generals, and to lose it a deep ,
humiliation to Sardinia. .
his own dwellingi which, m
ion. accounteu ior ine aine
eligible command in the army, .and
ttt-r. Iliia li-crl-.ll ',i it i-l 1 linAll I11S!
fair daughter to fill the btimmersot ueiuwui vi iu wauumi wa.-i,
the rioters, and ikying hqr when she; and the all-important tidings which
Uh . affected them all.
v".vj . 4"r h : rri. n i i.i;i-
Ah, you. demure piece you must yeuetai cuuiu iiaiuV .a..
be .drilled in the art of ginning the P testimony oi uie soiuiei, anu must
hearts of brave men. Col. Rahl likes ,satisiy nimscii irom inei.ps oi one.ue-
1 and still fsgnbed to be so surpassingly lovely.
Cpnviction, however, forced itself up
on his mind at the modest revelation
C. . . i r (t i . . . ivi , l -1 1.- i:
what
mish
tang
a black eye and raven curii, an
better when the fair hand f the same
owner can hold the dclicioTjs goblet to
r
br ever taste
nectar hersclt. Loin
his Mm, br ever taste the bewildering oi Uiariotte VHimot, ; wnne ms nps
i? cofine, Lottie '.'Palu a compliment to. ins uean, uuu
breathed out to ner with a suave smii.e,
aiU voii? When this! little skir-
V . 1.1 '.1 ! 1 1
is iivcr and tne reoei nave oecn
ll subjection, Col. Rahlt)yoU know,
will retire to his residence In old Lng-
landJ cofered with honors, and Lottie,
ou must secure his heart and a claim
1
l)V
it.'
h
s fireside. I'm, determined upon
J
regarded her
nttent on vet when- i'a-nu ioeiy a inaiuen :
Miss Wilmot natural
'father wlith filial
ever her, eyes dwelt upon the bloated
features of the swaggering soldier she
could scarcely restrain 'her disgust or
contmplt; and tho' desirous to please
her father, cared but little tor the com
pliments of the scrsual Quests. As
these! convivialities increased, howev
er. Charlotte seemed suddenly to throw
"that tlie weakest and loveliest were
always the buckler and safeguard of
the strong, and a woman's will more
potent than any entrenchment of gra
nite; and, though CoL Rahl was his
enemy, he exalted his good taste in
choosing so beautiful a confidante
for who could deny so fair, intelligent
confident of , the success of the cause,
the young sentinel oft came to the
home of the beautiful Miss Wilmot,
and received a promise of her hand,
wdieh the country had no longer need
of her strong arm. :
And much is related of the brilliant
loveliness of the beautiful bride, arid
the gallant nobleness of the happy
bridegroom, as well as the pleasure of
the brave father of his country, who
laid aside his spear and sword to en
gage in the festivities of the wedding
ot Christmas
Trenton.
Lottie, the Heroine of
Soon the camp was all confusion J
sleep was driven away at the thpught
of gaining ground and every soldier
a cavalier at heart, though rude the
heart might be, felt a leaping pride to
follow out the signal cry to victory,
when it was given by one so beautiful
and heroic Charlotte Wilmot's name
asidq her reserve, and mingle more and beauty flew irom mouth to moutn
cordially among the officei-s,' much to I throughout the camp, nd. every sol
fhe delight of her parent, who knew dier' seemed to take a particular pride
nothing bf the stratagem fiat was fra-! in appearing the most intrepid and the
ming within her mind. Cul. Rahl was t most impatient for the onset.
evidently much flattered by the atten-1 And when, at dead of night, through
tions of the beautiful girl, and amid ; the cold and snow, Washington led his
his wine made , love to her with the ' patriot troop3 across the Delaware by
most - commendable gallintfy ; and j stealth, and threw the torch into the
when Col. Wilmot retired, when the ' sleeping camp of the enemy, Charlotte
" Sperits is. a Blessin."
Brothers Crump and Noel were
members of the church, and both clev
er, hohost men who paid their taxes
and debts as the same annually accru
ed, with a regularity at once Christian
and commendable. If when thesettling
day came round, Brother Noel was
'short,' Brother Crump was sure to be
in funds, and on the other hand, it al
most seemed providential how, if Bro
ther Crump fell behind, Brother Noel
alwayshad a surplus. Thus, borrowing
from and lending to eacn otner, wor
shipping at the same church and living
a mile apart, an intimacy gradually
ripened between them; so at least they
did not hesitate to speak in the frank
est and most familiar manner to each
other, even in regard to their respec
tive foibles. !
long orchard back of the house show
ered its wealth of delicious fruit. Ten
years whiter are the locks on my fath
er's temples, ' ten years deeper the
wrinkles on my mother's brow.
Old Ponto don't knowme now; that
low, surly growl is the welcome he gives
a stranger. Little docs' he imagine the
traveler. is the young master he used to
follow day after day through the old
woods, scenting put the minutest trace
of crame. Time has written furrows on
that young master's brow, old fellow,
and stiffened thy once lithe limbs, too.
Home again ! but there is one voice
missing from the chorus of welcomes.
A soft, silvery voice. One form absent
from the fireside group; a form I left
full of life and joyousness. ' Time's
stroke has not left loved onesuntouch
ed. Death's stroke has felled the fair
est one a brother ever loved. My May,
my darling sister. Why could you not
have lived to welcome this hour of my
return? You bade "God bless me,"
when we parted. Ah ! little thought I
then, the blue violets would be growing
over thy grave ere I returned. j
There is no love so pure, so eloquent,
as a sister's lovp. No prayers, save a
mother's, more fervent thah a sister's
prayers. No sacrifice s sister will not
make for a beloved brother. And how
often we cast off that affection, deem
ing it but a trifle, a woman's weakness.
Iif life's journey there is many a time,
when we Avould gladly lay our heads
upon that sister's breast, and in her
love and tenderness, forget aught else
existed.
When death has claimed the loved
has been saved from evil by the mem- and perhaps a little the Dest whig you
orv of his mother's love and counsel, ever did see.' The revolution-: in his
Said a voun- man to me, one who opinion was radical and; permanent-
. .. ' -. n st, n TT . L li- lA 1 i fit''
had just returned trom uaiitornia un- neremoveu to anoiuer cuumy, geuaiuu
fest that golden land : didate on the whig ticket for-tae leg-
" I was tempted to gamble, and to lsiature, ana was elected, ana pr sev-
drink ; once my hand was upon hara- eral sessions represented hisva opted
earned money to stake it ajl on the county as a firm. and decided yiig.
throw of the dice, but there rushed . i g. .
over me at that moment, such a tide of university oi uonn-varoiuuft. -home
memories I stopped, rushed from The University of North -Carolina
tho 'mhled saloon, and stand herewith is one of those institutions whiediavc
no act of my life I would blush to have contributed largely not only p the
my. mother know." literary ana scienunc;progi esspi uui
There is many a one who has been country, uui, o. owwi,
kent from evil through the same Kind- rengious duvauwmun, J-"cv "l-vJ
lv influences. How careful we ought indeed, few colleges that can byast of
- . . ... l AUA ri . ATi. .rV CiTAVA'
then to be, to cultivate those home- tue XfW.c. xutt' U1 . v'j1"-'
feelintrs that twine so closely around sons who have reached the mgngc em-
Forget not amid the strife mCnce in the ounciis oi the i micn,
for lucre, the cares of business,, the m the Uhurch, in the Army aQ ia-
Old House at Home, and steal as vy, ana m tne ainercnij aiK pru-
oftenas possible to pay, if only a shortJ fessional and mercantile lite. iates-
yisit, to the home circle, it win pre- men, urawis, bujvuc aiu..
vent the rust from growing too thick- isters af the Gospel have proceeded
3y over the heart, and green the ivy trom ner waiis, who uve uh i
of remembrance. v e shall oe Dctter, hhu ku.u y" V . ,
purer, holier, for 'this home love; bet- paying that debt of gratitudejilrhich
ter fitted to enter the Home aoove. eer ikhmiih v
a beloved and venerated university,
Itadical Cure. and whiclt, we may . add, nemr was
The Sun Flower a (Preventive of Fever.
A correspondent of the Sail of the
South-, writing from a place in Ala
bama, which lie says was peculiarly
subject to fevers, J gives nhe result ot
his experience in the premises, and in
noVa single instance where ha planted
sun flowers around his negrq cabbing
did the inmates suffer from fevers
Iris wife, two children, and two house
servants all hajd fevers, he not having,
planted any of the sun flowers around
11s opin
enoe in
the results. 4 My belief is,' jthat the
sun flower in rank growth, absorbs the
very elements in the atmosphere that
produces fevers, or chills aid fever
and what is ,the life of the sun flower
is highly obnoxiojiS to the nealth of
the human family ; nor do Ij believe
that a man could ever have a ehill who
would sleep in a bd of rank iun flow
ers. This, too, seems to bf no new
theory as Lieut.. Maury states that
his gardner,a Fienchma,. informed
him that they", sanitary influence had
long been known In .France.. - . ,
j : j . .
A Negrd acting as Parson for White
People.
On Lynn Creek, Giles county, Ten
nessee, there is a Hardshell Baptist
Churchy supported by a nu nber. of
wealthy communicants of that persua
sion,' who, for several years pi ist, have
had for their regular pastor a negro
man, black as the ace of spados, nam
ed George knowil as "Bentleys Qld:
George,' and belonging to thle estate
of Matthew Bentle, deceased,) George
is-saiu'tt be a most excellent man and
a good preacher, qometiflle ago tfetatT
a noted public dischission, lasting four
dajrs, with a whitej preacher, on the
subjeet of baptism, from wbach the
white man is said o have come off (if
any difference) "second best;" The
Church wants to buy Georgey but ho
is unwilling to be sold out of his mas
ter's family, and is withal a regular
Southern, pro-slavery parson.! George
is the -"preacher in! charge" of a large
congregation, nearly all of whom are
siayeholders, and wliopayhimi
of $G00 or 700 for his pcrsonaLser
vices.- Teiin. Quid Nunc.
" 1
Important Bib!
The London A
a salary
ical DIsdoyery.
henseum says that
ventions have added original ii&teri
als tothe stock of human knoxlflcdge, 1
there are yet not a few who havs $ lus
trated the advantages' of solid ipracti
cal education in every branch uwhiclv..'
it is most essential tobracHcapnen in
modern society, and especially -in this
. 1 . . it xfJSo !i- I
i The wedding was over, the guests more justly auc to teaencrstn it is
had departed," nd the happy pair had to the learned nd revered sons
retired to their chamber, and were who constitute the Faculty. a -Chapel
snugly ensconced in bed, when Jack, in Hill, If on her academic roll ire not
the course of a quiet conversation with to be found the names of many who
his wife, unwittingly alluded to his fa- have extended the boundanesofci
i. , t . r 11 . i r pnrp. or bv their discoveries inwl m-
vorite suoiect oy casuany speua-nj ui r - j J 3 3 i i . .
himself as being a democrat.
What!' exclaimed she; turning
i .i i il l x ii, i a
sharply and suaucniy towaru. mm, inc.
hrou a democrat :
'les, madam, replied JacK, delight
ed with the idea of having a patient
n , I' 1 L Z .1 .n .... t A .T
Ye" madam I am a democrat a real own practical country, p , f the fourth centur consequently
'w - ? o . out as i lie lumuuq uiumnu vi uf
Uhapei mil are just sucn as si most
suitable to a hallowed retreat if lear
ning and Teligion aild .are fi&etl to
Professor Tischcuiiorf, who jiad been
sent by the Russian Government on a
iourney of scientific. exploration, in a
i .. 7. ' Ll-i-l -irilL UT -1.
letter irom airo, uateu ioi.if Diaau,
states to the Minis ter of Saxony, Herr
Von Falkenstein, hat he has succeed
ed in making some valuable 1 discove
ries relative to, the Bible. The most
important of these! discoveries is a ma- j
nuscript oi tne iioiy oCTiptures, uvux
gJeffersonian democrat, attached to the
Wreat progressive party, a regular out
Hand outer, doubly dyed and twistedin
-the wool. .
'Just double and twist yourself out
of this bed, then,' interrupted his wife;
I am a whig, I am, and will never
th anv man professing ' the
doctrine ydudo !'
' .Taek was SDcechless from absolute
amazement. That the very wife of kb
hosom should prove a traitor, was hor
rible! she must be jesting. He remon
strated but in vain ; tried persuasion
I 'twas useless entreaty 'twas no
tm She was in sober earnest, and the
alternative left him was a prompt re-
Now. it came to pass that brother
Orumn. durinr the liveliest period of
th ontt'nn epn son drove into WetnniD-1 dimmed' when the words of affection
ka and disposed of his 'crop' of ten come no more, oh I then do weremem
bales, at the very fair price of twelve! ber all, the slightest tenderness, all the
and a half cents per pound. It was 1 hasty words and selfish acts ; thendoes
more than h expected, and as the world; every trivial thing we ever aia so
awaken and cultivate that tilte for
the beauty and grandeur $ature
which b the earlbt to be delopcd
and' the last to be parted with by
minds of the highest order of intellect
and sensibility. ' j
Amidst these retirement's hajc been
reared many of the minds that are
now the grand and chief supporters
of the cause of the Constitution and
the L'nion, in the South andouth-
west ' . - 'j.'.
bar
Vatican, which hitherto, in all com
mentaries, main taiined the first rank.
This it will have to share ih future
with the newly discovered manuscript
of Herr Tischenddrf if wc be not mis
taken. In 84G bekutifully fine parchr
mint. leaves, of such size that only
two can have been; out ot onq skin, w
contains the greatest part ofitlte Pro
phets, thc Psalmi the Book of Job,
the Book of Jegu, Sirach, he Pro
verbs, the Song o Solomon, and sev
eral of the Apocryphal Books of the
014 Testament; bjit then the whole. of
Tpstamenit b complete. An
nunciation of his heresy or to a separ-. qtlotation wiien referring sficlas;
ate bed in another room. Jack didn t spot. Washington1 Constitution.
"Dfiimtbufmaia rrnmhd. . ther valuable dissovery of Professor
if we may be pardoned fora Ma ssical q'ischeudorf b described as an vndoubt
nntation when referring to s&aclassi- . , tr v
hesitate. To abjure the great and es
tablished doctrines of his party, to re-
i . . . . i . i
nounce his allegiance to theiaitu mat
one, when the love-light of the eyes is ihad become identified with his very oe-
pies which had grown with hb growth
and strengthened with his strength, to
night was somewhat advanced, he gave
strict injunctions to the plotting girl
not to leave any thing undone to aug
ment the infatuation of the jolly om
cer.
AW,
:ain and again site filled the
Wilmot went with him, wrapped about
with a soldier's cloak, and mounted on
her own black steed.
It is heedless to unfurl tlje blood
stained banner of '76, and tell you of
1 i T J ii
was easy with himireHaetermiueu io
invest, and did actually invest a portionj
of the proceeds of the sale of the cot-:'
ton, in a barrel of western whisky, pay-j
ingtherefor at the rate of precisely
two pounds of middling cotton for one
gallon of 'do.' whisky. I
Of course it was , 'narrated, in thej
settlement,' that old Crump had bought
cause that fond heart-pain, rush upon
us, cutting with . remorse's" two-edged
dagger in the heart. Then do wc vain
ly vash we could have had, if only for
one hour, to have begged forgiveness,
and read it in those loving eyes,1 ere
the light went out forever. j j
Too often do wo forget when' we
thoughtlessly wound the heart of some
the mere whim and caprice of a woman,
was utterly ridiculous and absurd, and
he threw himself from the bedandpre-
! pared to leave the room.
As he was-ieaving tne uuor ms wuc
screamed out to him
'I say, my dear, when you repent
your heresy and your past errors just
knock at my door, and perhaps Til let
my
you in.
The door, was violently
slammed.
We learn that W; D. CookeJ? Esq.,
Principal of the North-Caroliaf Insti
tution for the Deaf arid Dumb Jmd the
Blind, intends attending the Inauing
Educational State uonveimon c xew
bern on the 14th inst., in cgnpany
with several of the most proficnt pu
pib of that Institution. Thfpe who
have never witnessed the astiishing
proficiency of some of thesc pupils,
will doubtless he creatiy lntergsieo..
I lialexgn
; - ; v..
Young America. . '
It b said there are several: young
Americans in x an iuwb wxp jim
spend 91 W a day injtast uvnig.;
ed and complete manuscript bf the E- :
pistle of Barnabast and ot the Jsnep
herd of Herraas, both belonging to the
second century of j the Christian era,
and originally standing, in the esteem
of the Scriptural BpbUes. Herr Tii
chendorf hopes, from the munificence
ot the lvussian uovernmeu
will be enabled to i ve immediate pua- .
lication to these three manuscripts.
During Mr. Buchanan' ywit to our
city to select a sitd! for a federal court t
house, he was fjTr
pbg off the measure of AefamtoWe .
property under examination.1 A witty
member of the bai present, promptly
declared that "it was the best wwttr
of Mr. B.'s admin&tration. Clvppcn